Roofing-package.



PATENTED NOV. 7, 1905.

H. M. REYNOLDS. ROOFING PACKAGE APPLIOATION HLBD'SBPT. ao. 1904.

aww/who@ #Mya @maf www UNITED ,STATES PATENT FFICE'. HERBERT M.REYNOLDS, E GR-AND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

ROOFING'PACKAGE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1905.

Application iiled September 30, 1904. Serial No. 226,714.

T0 all whom, it nea/y concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT M. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented new and useful l Improvements in Roofing-Packages, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful roofing-package; and theinvention consists in the combination and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The objects of the invention are, first. to produce a rol-l of flexibleroofing securely protected by means of an outer covering, so that thesame may be shipped safely without injury to the roofing, and providedwith asuitable internal receptacle for retaining such trimmings as areusually used in applying the roofing to a building; second, to providean improved means for securing the ends of the wrapper which covers theroll of roofing, inclosing the ends of the central aperture caused byforming the flexible rooting into a roll; third, other objectshereinafter described and claimed. These objects Iaccomplish by means ofthe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings. in which- Figurelshows a longitudinal' central sectional view of a roofing-packageconstructed in accordance with my invention, the same being taken online m of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 shows an end View of the completed roll inwhich the extended portion of the wrapper has been cut out so as to tclosely and be retained in place by the plug or closure. Fig. 3 showsalso an end view in which the extended wrapper is folded into the end ofthe roll and secured by means of a plug, the wrapper being folded Vuponitself, as shown by dotted lines. Fig. 4 shows a longitudinal centralsectional View, on an enlarged scale, for the purpose of illustratingmore fully the method of making the closure of the ends of the centralopening. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the roll or package,taken near one end thereof, showing the inner surface provided with anadhesive material.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through- `out the several views.

A represents the flexible wrapper, constructed of any suitable materialo'f suflicient length to extend beyond the roll, as shown by dottedlines in Fig. l, which extensions are folded into the central openingand secured therein, as hereinafter described. Near the ends of thepackage is an inner coating of adhesive material-such as glue, cement,or other suitable substance-as shown by B.

C indicates a covering of adhesive material between the folded-in end ofthe wrapper and the plugs for closing the ends of the roll.

D shows the roll of exible rooting material.

E and F are the plugs which are used for closing the ends of the centralopening through the roll. The portion of the wrapper at each end of theroll is folded into the central opening, as shown more fully in Fig. 4,and is attached to the inner periphery of said opening by means of anadhesive coating B. The plug E is then driven into the roll, retainingthe wrapper securely in place, and I use cement, as shown by C, betweenthe plug and that portion of the wrapper folded into the centralopening. The other end of the roll, which in the drawings is closed byF, is closed in precisely the same way as the end which is closed by theplug E. Between the plugs E and the plugs F'there is an aperture orreceptacle for the receipt of a glue-receptacle G and a nail-receptacleI or for receipt of any other material which it is desired to storewithin the package. Ordinarily glue and nails constitute the trimmingsto go with the roll. The receptacle between the plugs E and F isindicated by H.

In Fig. 2 I have shown that portion of the wrapper which extends betweenthe roll and roofing material as cut into panels J J J, &c., so as tofold the wrapper into the openings without overlapping itself, and thisconstruction is necessary where the wrapper is made of strong fibrousmaterial and of considerable weight.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the closure made by folding the wrapper A intothe hole Without cutting, but overlapping itself, Las indicatedby dottedlines. the spaces between the laps)l being shown by K. Either form maybe use The wrapper is of suicient length to overlap itself4 and have itsends secured together with glue or other suitable adhesive material, asshown in Fig. 5 at L.

By constructing the rooting-package in the manner described the flexibleroofing is thoroughly protected from injury in case of shipment and maybe transported to almost any distance without depreciation.

The central opening or receptacle is adapted to carry the trimmingswhich go with a roll of roofing, so that when the roofing arrives at itsdestination it can be readily applied to abuild- IIO ng even by anunskilled person, it being my design to have each rollor package containjust sucient material to apply the sanne to the roof.

In practice I usually furnish a roll of sufcient size to cover what iscalled a square or one hundred square feet, and it is evident that theroll may be larger or smaller, if required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a roll of flexible roofing material having acentral receptacle directly formed thereby and extending entirelytherethrough, of a flexible covering applied around the said roll andhaving its ends folded against and projected into the openings at eachend of the roll, the latter HER BERT M. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD TAGGART, MARY S. TooKER.

